Dani Sher

Apr 4, 2024 | farmforward.com | Dani Sher

Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals MediaChicken meat is a dietary staple for many millions of people worldwide, and eggs are a standard breakfast for many of us. However, the true cost of these proteins includes the suffering of billions of living beings. This suffering is largely due to intensive breeding programs that prioritize profit over the welfare of chickens, leading to genetic predispositions that plague birds with ill health and short lives. How long do chickens live on farms?

Apr 4, 2024 | farmforward.com | Dani Sher

11 mins read In the children’s story Charlotte’s Web, the main character is a pig named Wilbur who enjoys a large pen surrounded by his animal friends on a quaint farm outside a small town in Maine.

Apr 4, 2024 | farmforward.com | Dani Sher

Skip Navigation 8 min read Photo: Lukas Vincour / Zvířata Nejíme / We Animals Media Modern-day chickens raised for meat, called “broilers,” are a far cry from chickens just a few decades ago. They consume less food, grow more quickly, and reach a much larger size. The way that chickens are farmed for their meat today is the result of intense breeding programs that were kickstarted with a contest run by a grocery store in the mid-20th century. As a result of all the ingenuity and invention...

Apr 2, 2024 | farmforward.com | Trevor McCarty |John Millspaugh |Andrew deCoriolis |Dani Sher

An investigation by Farm Forward and Our Honor, covered by The New York Times, shows how the federal government has allocated hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to poultry companies like Tyson and Hormel for bird flu outbreak losses, despite these companies’ factory farming practices being linked to the outbreaks.